World XContest 2020 [česká verze]

2024-12-18

🏆 And the last category of the 2024 World XContest season we would like to present is hang-gliding (FAI-1)! 🏆 🥇 The first place won Glauco Pinto from Brazil with 1748p. He made all his most valuable flights at home from the winch. The best one is 216 km FAI triangle from Jaragua. 🇧🇷 🥈 The silver goes to Italy. Suan Selenati flew in the Italian Alpes (1674p.) where he managed to fly 214 FAI triangle from Gemona. 🇮🇹 🥉 And the bronze medal belongs to Tao Le from France. His best flight is incredible 283km FAI triangle from Col d'Izoard (1650p.) 🇫🇷 XContest team congratulates you guys, enjoy the new season 2025 and we wish all pilots merry Christmas and a happy New Year! For the HG ranking please visit: https://www.xcontest.org/2024/world/en/ranking-hg-open/ #XContest #xcmag #XContestWinners

2024-12-15

Justin Puthod • 14.12.2024 • − 317.00 km

PARAGLIDING ⛳ Cabo Paquica [CL] ∷ ⌛ 9:14:00 h ∷ ø 34.84 km/h ∷ ⊺ 1010 m

Travelling 300 km along the shore? Only possible in 🇨🇱

2024-12-06

🏆 World XContest 2024 - the last PG category we would like to present today is the TANDEM category (min 2 people:))🏆 🥇The first place was defended from the last season by world-class tandem pilot Philippe Sicardi from France with all home flights (1041p.). 🇫🇷 🥈The second place belongs to Stefan Lauth from Germany. He always flies with his wife and explored the Alps in Italy, Slovenia and Germany together (917p.) 🇩🇪 🥉And third place with 885p. won Tomáš Kuník from Slovakia with mainly out-and-return flights from Kenya. 🇸🇰 Big applause for all tandem pilots! For the ranking in the TANDEM category, please visit: https://www.xcontest.org/2024/world/en/ranking-pg-tandem/

2024-12-01

Clement Latour • 24.11.2024 • − 500.34 km

PARAGLIDING ⛳ poffader [ZA] ∷ ⌛ 9:08:08 h ∷ ø 55.68 km/h ∷ ⊺ 5691 m

Winter is coming in the north, but in the south pilots are warming up in an African rhythm. 🇿🇦 Check Clement Latour's flight, photos and stats: 5,700m base; 4614m max. alt. gain; 5m/s climbs; 9 hours in the air and 55km/h average speed . Is the world record going to be broken? We will se... 👀 #xcontest #southafrica #xcmag

2024-11-26

🏆Now is the time to present World XContest heroes in the PG category STANDARD (max EN-B)🏆 🥇First place is perhaps not a surprise, because Augustin Bedek from France has also reached the 4th place in the Sport category! He made big flights on safe wing. All 6 best flights are from the French Alps. His best performance is 235 km FAI triangle from Col d'Izoard (1962p.).️🇫🇷 🥈Manuele Dondi is back to the podium again. Silver medal goes to Italian matador with all Alpine flights. His highest-scoring flight is also from Col d'Izoard 230 km FAI (1880p.). 🇮🇹️️ 🥉And third place goes to Poland - Witosław Girjat has achieved the bronze by cool out-and-return flights from Kenya. The longest one was 206km from Kilima (1570p.)🇵🇱 We very much CONGRATULATE all winning pilots and check below the Standard standing! https://www.xcontest.org/2024/world/en/ranking-pg-standard/

2024-11-25